Friends and supporters joined Bill Chu last Friday night (November 30) at the Gingeri Restaurant in Richmond’s Lansdowne Centre to celebrate 30 years of activism with Canadians for Reconciliation Society (CFRS) – and his 70th birthday. Enjoying the multi-course meal… Read more →
This is the third of four vignettes from the 40th anniversary trip Margaret and I took to Armenia, Georgia, Malta and England earlier this fall. We Canadians like to think of our nation as multicultural. A visit to Malta puts that… Read more →
December 2 is the first Sunday in Advent, and thus marks the beginning of the Christian year. And this is the 20th anniversary of the Christian Seasons Calendar, which opens with Advent. The ‘Salt of the Earth 2018-19’ Calendar is… Read more →
This is the second of four vignettes from the 40th anniversary trip Margaret and I took to Armenia, Georgia, Malta and England earlier this fall. Arriving in Tbilisi, Georgia at night was a magical experience. We were dropped off in… Read more →
Pacific Theatre’s founding artistic director Ron Reed clearly has a lot of time for C.S. Lewis. Earlier this year he presented Tolkien, which focused on the relationship between the two great scholar/writers. Freud’s Last Session was a fictionalized encounter between… Read more →
My wife Margaret and I just returned from a month-long trip. Over the next four weeks I will describe some of the sites, cultures and experiences which made a particularly strong impression upon us. For the most part – especially… Read more →
For those who await my weekly Church for Vancouver updates with bated breath (and even those few who don’t), I have some news. Over the next five weeks, updates will continue, but there will be one story each week instead… Read more →
The West Coast Christian Accord (WCCA) declares a clear intention to fight back against the “SOGI agenda.” Speaking at the September 26 launch, pastor Kevin Cavanaugh stated: We are hereby revealing for the first time the West Coast Christian Accord,… Read more →
There are two events that I’m particularly going to regret missing while I’m away over the next month (see accompanying story): Into the Neighbourhood and Solitary Refinement: Into the Neighbourhood Into the Neighbourhood will be a two-day event (October 26… Read more →
Every fall the City of Vancouver “joins communities and organizations throughout the region to mark Homelessness Action Week” (October 7 – 13). And every year, in the West End, the Advocacy Office of St. Paul’s Anglican Church partners with First Baptist Church… Read more →
